Another response to drought and intense heat. Sun sabers writhe. Trees burn. I played with translucent patterns of scorched earth repeating across receding hills. Digital painting printed 30” x 40” or varied.
One of the Map Mountain Moon series. In all of these the square map that is supposed to guide us tells us nothing, the mountain that challenges us is too difficult, and the spiritual goal of the moon is unreachable. Here all is in motion, textured with gesture – black, red, and gold against a gold background like a medieval alterpiece. Digital painting printed 30” x 40” or varied.
Mountains, valley, sky: all textured with patterns and glowing in light. Like some places I have seen in our West. Digital painting printed 30” x 40” or varied.
Textured mountains, no map, no moon – or many moons? Undulating values introduced. Digital painting printed 30” x 40” or varied.
A darkening place. Falling rivers are intimations of the Flood and Deluge Series to come. Digital painting printed 30” x 40” or varied.
Frozen gestures and layers. Digital painting printed 30” x 40” or varied.
Ribbons, layers, motion. Ribbons unfurl in the wind. The map hardly exists. The moon is a scattering swirl of ribbons. Digital painting printed 30” x 40” or varied.
A sturdy frame on the square map, houses guiding us up the mountain like waystations on the way to Campostela, and the moon now appearing closer: maybe there will be a way forward after all? (As usual, the painting evolved as an intuitive dialogue. This possible interpretation is made after the painting was finished.) Digital painting printed 30” x 40” or varied.
It was a delight to make this elating image in a new palette! Digital painting printed 30” x 40” or varied.
I wonder if these are tears of Mother Earth or of God the Father in heaven? The broken ribbons in the wind imply chaos. This digital painting predates the Flood Drawings or the Deluge Paintings. (As is always the case in my work, this interpretation evolved intuitively as I worked, and usually only becomes somewhat visible after all is finished.) Digital painting printed 30” x 40” or varied.
Two pen and ink drawings inverted and layered in Photoshop. Pilgrims are at lower right. This was not painted in Photoshop, as were other in this series, but manipulated in the program to create this digital version – impossible to make any other way. This is the first of two images created this way. Printed 30” x 30” or variable.
Two pen and ink drawings inverted and layered in Photoshop. Pilgrims are at lower right. This was not painted in Photoshop, as were other in this series, but manipulated in the program to create this digital version – impossible to make any other way. This is the second of two images created this way. Printed 30” x 30” or variable.
One of a series of Map Mountain Moon images based on the same gestural attack and scattered components: a tipped almost hidden map, a mountain obscured by entanglements, and an almost hidden moon. This version is in the wonderful color caput mortuum, a favorite when I painted with soft pastels. Printed 30” x 30” or variable.
One of a series of Map Mountain Moon images based on the same gestural attack and scattered components: a tipped almost hidden map, a mountain obscured by entanglements, and an almost hidden moon. This version emphasizes linear elements on a black background. Printed 30” x 30” or variable.
A square game of geometry and transparency, in an early green version. Digital painting printed 30” x 30” or variable.
A square game of geometry and transparency, in an early red version. Digital painting printed 30” x 30” or variable.